Profiling Living Conditions of the DRC Urban Population: Access to Housing and Services in Kinshasa Province

Yele Maweki Batana, Alexandra Jarotschkin, Akakpo Domefa Konou, Takaaki Masaki, Shohei Nakamura and Mervy Ever Viboudoulou Vilpoux

No 9857, Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank

Abstract: This paper examines living conditions—mainly access to infrastructure and basic services—in Kinshasa, by focusing on how they vary within the city and how they are related to household characteristics. First, drawing on a household survey conducted in the capital province in 2018, the paper shows that many Kinshasa residents live with substandard housing and inadequate levels of access to infrastructure and basic services. Second, the level and quality of access to basic services are highly correlated with residents’ consumption and education levels, as well as their neighborhood characteristics. Third, despite the presence of negative externalities from the high population density, poor households benefit from living in dense neighborhoods by gaining a minimum level of access. The paper argues that it is imperative to increase the supply of affordable housing to lessen the inequality of access to services in Kinshasa.

Keywords: Hydrology; Urban Housing and Land Settlements; Urban Governance and Management; Municipal Management and Reform; Urban Housing; Health and Sanitation; Small Private Water Supply Providers; Sanitary Environmental Engineering; Environmental Engineering; Sanitation and Sewerage; Engineering; Water Supply and Sanitation Economics; Water and Human Health; Town Water Supply and Sanitation; Educational Sciences; Natural Disasters (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-11-19
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